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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Dead Zone (1983) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Dead Zone (1983) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Dead Zone (1983).
About the movie:
A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic detective ability.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dead Zone (1983)?
a.
In the movie, Jamie McMurray drives the #42 car and Ricky Bobby drives the #26. Following the 2004 season, Jamie McMurray left the #42 team to take over the #97 - which was then changed to the #26. The old spice car which is driven by Cal Naughton Jr is actually driven by
Tony Stewart
in the Nascar Busch Series.
b.
There are several deleted scenes that were filmed and completed but have never been seen publicly and are thought to have been discarded prior to the films release. Among them: - A prologue showing John Smith as a boy (played by Stephen Flynn) who sustains a head injury during an ice hockey match. The scene features actor
Sean Sullivan
as Johns father. - An alternate scene of John Smiths vision of the Camp David scene (featuring
Martin Sheen
) in which John himself appears in the vision as a helpless spectator. Photos of these scenes appeared in the December 1983 issue of Cinefantastique.
c.
Natalie Schafer
s final film performance.
d.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dead Zone (1983)?
a.
This film (and
Stephen King
s novel) are both loosely based upon the life of famous psychic
Peter Hurkos
. Hurkos claimed to have acquired his alleged powers after falling off a ladder and hitting his head.
b.
Steven Spielberg
shot one million feet of film over 247 shooting days.
c.
Weapons coordinator
Robert Rock Galotti
amassed over 500 vintage WWII era firing weapons and 700 rubber replica weapons for the film from private collectors and prop houses. Also featured moving across battlefields are vintage Sherman tanks, their smaller Stuart brethren, and Japanese Hago tanks.
d.
In a January 2003 interview with Esquire Magazine,
Robert De Niro
says he spent a lunch break sleeping in an open grave to help stay in character.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dead Zone (1983)?
a.
In the WWII scene, civilians in the burning city are speaking Polish.
b.
Third-billed
Keanu Reeves
gave his verbal agreement to director
Joe Charbanic
several years before production started, after reading his original script. With his involvement, the filmakers were later able to attract a bigger cast and budget than originally envisioned, and Reeves part (originally meant as little more than a cameo) was substantially rewritten to feature him more prominently. Reportedly Keanu Reeves, who would be paid scale while his costars
James Spader
and
Marisa Tomei
would get $1,000,000 paychecks tried to drop out of the film but eventually changed his mind (apparently influenced by the legal precedent of the
Kim Basinger
/
Boxing Helena
debacle). He eventually agreed to do the picture and abstain from bad mouthing it in interviews on the condition that his involvment in the film be downplayed in all promotional material for the film, including trailers.
c.
Aldwych station was chosen to film the underground scenes because the true Tottenham Court Road station had been modified extensively in the early 1980s. Only Edgware Road still has any resemblance to its original look.
d.
The original play was written specifically for
Katharine Hepburn
. Playwright
Philip Barry
wanted to woo the actress back to the stage after she had received disastrous reviews for the play "The Lake" on Broadway.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dead Zone (1983)?
a.
Three people were involved in the James Bond franchise.
Anthony Zerbe
(Roger Stuart) would later appear in
Licence to Kill
, while
Christopher Walken
(Johnny Smith) would later appear in
A View to a Kill
.
Michael Kamen
, who did the music for this film, would later do the music for
Licence to Kill
.
b.
The Everglade Gas Station Attendant (
Dudley Remus
) played the guitar part of the Deuling Banjos in the movie
Deliverance
.
c.
Lord Zedds Palace was built inside the Commemorative Pavilion on the Sydney Showgrounds, where filming took place between September 15 1994 and the set was destroyed on December 22 1994.
d.
After
Simon Pegg
had completed
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
,
Steven Spielberg
invited him to the films set and offered him the role of Thomson.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dead Zone (1983)?
a.
Jon Favreau
was originally chosen by Marvel Studios to direct this film, but he chose to direct
Iron Man
.
Nick Cassavetes
, was also considered to direct this film, and had been set as a director for
Iron Man
in December 2004.
b.
The poem Johnny reads in the beginning of the film is the end of "The Raven" by
Edgar Allan Poe
.
c.
While filming the escape to the roof of the supermarket, the smoke from the prop gun fired in the narrow stairwell accidentally set off the supermarkets fire alarms.
d.
Some film reference works (e.g., the multivolume set, "The Motion Picture Guide") incorrectly list
Jack Mullaney
s character as "Lt. Hough". "Hough" is the last name of this character in the novel upon which the film is based.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dead Zone (1983)?
a.
Hal Holbrook
was Cronenbergs original choice to play Sherrif Bannerman, but
Dino De Laurentiis
rejected this idea as he had never heard of Holbrook at the time.
b.
This was
King Vidor
s first sound film.
c.
Two scenes were storyboarded, but never filmed. The drawings are shown on the DVD. The first was a scene where RoboCop visits his grave. The second was a long car chase, an alternate scene that got them to the old steel mill (where Murphy died). This car chase was to be set after RoboCop removed his helmet and had RoboCop and Lewis break up a riot, followed by a shootout with Joe and Emil with the Cobra Assault Cannons. Eventually, they retreated to their cars then the car chase to the old steel mill began.
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 29, 1942 with
Wallace Beery
reprising his film role.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dead Zone (1983)?
a.
Theatrical feature film debut of
G.D. Spradlin
who previously had worked in television.
b.
As mentioned in the movie, it is forbidden for Wong to teach ping pong to "gwai lo". This is most likely a reference to
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
starring
Jason Scott Lee
. Bruce was forbidden by the elders to teach martial arts to anyone other than Asians. Jason Scott Lee appears in "Balls of Fury" as Siu-Foo.
c.
Lead character Laura is played by several actors representing the various ages of the character and stages of her life.
d.
Before his accident, Johnny Smith is an English teacher.
Stephen King
was also an English teacher before becoming a full-time writer.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dead Zone (1983)?
a.
Despite being conceived as a straight-to-DVD film, the movie did receive a theatrical release in a few countries, such as Russia, Italy, Mexico and Venezuela.
b.
The film makes reference to Sleepy Hollow which, like this film, is about a schoolteacher. In the novel, Johnny Smith compares his coma and subsequent recovery to Rip Van Winkle, another short story written by
Washington Irving
.
c.
When
Bill Conti
originally played "Gonna Fly Now" for
John G. Avildsen
, he didnt have title for it until Avildsen said, "It should be almost like Rocky is flying now."
d.
The inside of the alien eggs as seen by Kane was composed of real organic material. Director
Ridley Scott
used cattle hearts and stomachs. The tail of the facehugger was sheep intestine.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dead Zone (1983)?
a.
The Dead Zone was the first of several
Stephen King
novels and short stories that took place in the small town of Castle Rock. Others include
Stand by Me
,
Cujo
,
The Dark Half
, and
Needful Things
.
b.
The final screen performance of
Helen Hayes
.
c.
Carol Serling
: as the woman who asks "Is there something wrong" when the flight attendants knock on the airplane restroom door, holding a copy of the Twilight Zone magazine in her arms. She was the wife of
The Twilight Zone
creator
Rod Serling
.
d.
First of three films based on the popular radio series, I Love a Mystery. The next two were
The Devils Mask
and
The Unknown
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dead Zone (1983)?
a.
The initials of the fictional Monumental Pictures owner, R.F. Simpson, are a reference to
Arthur Freed
. R.F. Simpson also uses one of Freeds frequent expressions when he says that he "cannot quite visualize it" and has to see it on film first, referring to the Broadway ballet sequence. (This is an obvious cinematic joke, since the audience has just seen it on film.)
b.
Frank Pierson
wrote his Oscar-winning script around only 12 sequences.
c.
In the "nuclear war" scene, Greg Stillson,
Martin Sheen
s character, threatens to "hack off" someones hand and put it on the scanning screen. An earlier version of the script actually had Stillson shooting the man and putting his dead hand on the screen.
d.
The title is an allusion to the Phil Oschs song "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends, the first verse of which is, "Look outside the window,/Theres a woman being grabbed/Theyve dragged her to the bushes/And now shes being stabbed/Maybe we should call the cops/And try to stop the pain/ But Monopoly is so much fun,/ Id hate to blow the game/ And Im sure it wouldnt interest anybody/Outside of a small circle of friends."
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